McKenna told the Star she will unveil new details of the pact on Thursday at an event on the sidelines of the climate talks. The annual United Nations COP climate change conference began in Bonn, Germany on Nov. 6. She said this round of climate talks is critical in part because negotiators are writing the rule book for how the Paris agreement — which comes into effect in 2020 — will be implemented. After coming to power in 2015, the Liberal government kept the emissions targets that were widely lambasted as too lax under the previous Conservative administration: 30 per cent below the 2005 level by 2030. Countries under the Paris agreement have committed to establishing a fund worth $100 billion per year by 2020 for this purpose.

Source: thestar November 12, 2017 18:00 UTC